Analysis of ethnic disparities in workers' compensation claims using data linkage

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• Personal Author:
  Forst L ; Friedman LS ; Ruestow P
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: The overall goal of this research project was to assess ethnic disparities in monetary compensation among construction workers injured on the job through the linkage of medical records and workers' compensation data. METHODS: Probabilistic linkage of medical records with workers' compensation claim data. RESULTS: In the final multivariable robust regression model, compensation was $5824 higher (P = 0.030; 95% confidence interval: 551 to 11,097) for white non-Hispanic workers than for other ethnic groups when controlling for injury severity, affected body region, type of injury, average weekly wage, weeks of temporary total disability, percent permanent partial disability, death, or attorney use. CONCLUSIONS: The analysis indicates that white non-Hispanic construction workers are awarded higher monetary settlements despite the observation that for specific injuries the mean temporary total disability and permanent partial disability were equivalent to or lower than those in Hispanic and black construction workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Construction Industry Men Occupational Health Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Age-groups Analytical-processes Construction Construction-industry Construction-workers Humans Injuries Models Sociological-factors Statistical-analysis Workers

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement ; Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042407
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2012 Oct; 54(10):1246-1252
• Contact Point Address:
  Lee S. Friedman, PhD, The Social Policy Research Institute, 4001 Emerson, Skokie, IL 60076
• Email:
  lfriedman@tspri.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction ; Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  CPWR - The Center for Construction Research and Training, Silver Spring, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20240831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dc55e2a5db9a7bd1bf22a2335bf1f324bf43d2acb34522f3f3c534ac1284c45e974397d6737599cdf7dd2c94c220924d47e8aaa4d1792a86b7cfa6af7e8bf568
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194639/cdc_194639_DS1.pdf
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